Hinge



E. FLAGG May 2, 1933.

HINGE Filed March 16, 1952 L I v \n 1 J m W/VE Z N m1 m m n E g A .n m

S E S S E N h W Patented May 2, 1933 ERNEST FLAGG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PATENT,

HINGE Application med Maia 16, 1932. Serial No. 599,261.

This invention relates to hinges, and refers more parti'c-ularly'to the means for anchoring or securing the elementsof a hinge to the members which are connected by the hinge,-

and the invention is in the nature of an improvement over my prior United States Letters Patent Nos. 1,479,705, granted January 1, 1924. 1,675,262, granted June 26, 1928, and 1,722,204, granted July 23, 1929.

It is a well appreciated fact that considerable stress and strain are exerted on the screws or other fastening elements which secure hinge elements to the members connected by the hinge, and with this in mlnd the present 5 invention comprehends an improved means and mode of anchoring or securing the hinge elements to the members connected by the hinge. i

The present invention, therefore, broadly contemplates a hinge in which the'hinge ele ments each include a shouldered web for embedment in the member to be hinged, together with a fastening device, such as the screw which extends into the member perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the web shoulder whereby the web shoulder and the fastening device cooperate with each other in augmenting the anchoring and securing action of one another to effectually resist the stresses and strains which tend to dislodge the hinge member.

More particularly, the invention resides 1n a hinge element having a face plate for exterior disposal in flat contact with one face of a member to be connected by the hinge and a web carried by the face plate and disposed in a plane perpendicular to the hinge axis with an enlarged key on the shoulder spaced from the face plate and in which portions of the key and face plate extend beyond the web and are formed with aligned apertures for receiving a common fastening device extending therethrough whereby an effectual 1nterlocking anchoring or retaining means is provided.

The invention further resides in the provision of a hinge of the indicated character which is comparatively simple in its construction, inexpensive to produce and install and 0 which is highly efficient in its purpose.

or otherwise carried by the face plate .11 is WVith the above recited and other objects inview, reference is had to the following-description and accompanying drawing, in which there is exhibited one example or embodiment of the invention, while the claims define the actual scope of the same.

In the drawing: j i I Figure 1 is a'fragmentary sectional plan View of a hinge constructed in'accordance with the invention and illustrating the same in its applied position.

Figure 2 is a front view of the hinge.

"Figure 3 is a sectional view takenapproximately on the line indicated at 3-3 in Figurel. K;

Figure 4 is a similar view taken approxi- Figure 2. v

Figure 5 is. a detail perspective view on a reduced scale of one of the hinge elements; I

Referring to the'drawing by characters of reference, A and designate a pair of members connected by the hinge designated generally by the reference character (1. The hinge in turn includes a pair of elements, each of which includes a knuckle 10'and a'substantially tangential face plate 11 for exterior disposal infiat contact with one face a ofa member to be hinged "Formed integral with web 12, which in the present instance is'disclosed as provided with asubstantially cylindri'cal, key 13 at the marginal edge remote from but parallel to the face platebut which obviously may assume other configurations or may be located at any point on thevweb where it is spaced from and parallelto the face plate 11. The face plate adjacent its free end or the end remote from its juncture with the knuckle is formed with an aperture 14 for receiving therethrough a screw or other fastening device adapted for anchorage in the member to be hinged. Inthe present instance, the shouldered'or keyed "web 12' is designed to be introduced through a face I). of the member to be hinged, which face I) is adjacent the face a, the said shouldered-0r keyed web being introduced-through said adjacent faceby sliding the sameintoa preoFFicemately on the line indicated at 1 4 in a viously prepared correspondingly shaped opening a.

\Vhile within the scope of the present invention it is to be understood that the screw or equivalent fastening device D which engages through the face plate aperture 14 may not necessarily engage withthe web shoulder or key 13 the 'said web shoulder or key 13 is disclosed as having a portion 15 extending beyond the web 12 and provided with an aperture 16 aligned with the aperture 1 to accommodate therethrough the inner'end of the screw or fastening device D, whereby said-- screw or device D sets up an interlocking action.

By virtue of the structure of the hinge elements previously set forth, it will be observed that the web shoulder or key 13 augments the headstrength of the screw or device D by combining therewith to resist or prevent out ward movement of the hinge element face plate with reference to the face a of the member connected by the hinge. Likewise, the screw or fastening deviceD prevents withdrawal or sliding movement of the web and shoulder or key 13 outwardly through the face 6 of the member connected by the hinge. here the screw engages through the aperture 16 :o'f the extended portion 15 of -.-the key or shoulder 13, the interlocking arrangement further augments the retaining qualities of the anchoring means. It will be further observed that the right angular or perpendicular arrangement of theshoul-der orkey and the fastening device D resists any leverag'e action set up by the stresses and strains impai t ed 'to the hinge. I I I w As a fiirther feature, it will be observed that the possibility of removing the hinge substantially tangential face plate for exterior dis osal in flat contact with one face of a mem er to be hinged and an anchoring means consisting of a web extending longitudinally of said face plate and disposed perpendicular to both adjacent faces of the member and a cylindrical key at the margin of thefweb parallel to the face plate and portions of the key and faceplate extended beyond the web and having aligned apertures for receivii'ig a common fastening device en- I gaging therethrough.

"*3. A hinge element including a face plate for exterior disposal on one face ofa member connected by the hinge and anchoring means carried by the face plate for embedment in the member by slidab-le introduction through an adjacent face of the member and in a plane parallel to the first mentioned face, said anchoring, means consisting of a longitudinally extending web disposed in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the hinge and havingan enlargement spaced from and parallel to the face plate to serve as .a key for preventing outward movement of the hinge element with reference to said first mentioned face of the member. a

4; A hinge comprising a pair of hinge elements each including a knuckle and a body for attachment to a member to be connected 3 by the hinge, said body fashioned to provide a face plate extending at a tangent to the knuckle, a web in a plane perpendicular to the axis-0f the hinge and an anchoring key on the web disposed parallel to the face plate and portionsofthe face plate and key formed with aligned apertures for the reception of a common fastening device.

ERNEST FLAGG.

when the elements A and B are {in-closed re1at1 n, isp0siuve1y precluded, as the removal of the screws or, fastening devices D will netpermit of detachmentof Ethehinge elements. f hile there has been illustrated and describedja preferred embodimentcf'the inventron, it is to be understood that this is merely illustrative of one form of the invention, and that variations and modificationsthereof which ran within the scope tithe appended claims may be resortedto when desired.

WVha-it' is claimed is:

1. In a hinge pair orange elements each including-a face plate for extefrior dispus-a1 in flat Contact with one face *a 'm'ember co'nne'cte'dby the hinge, a web of lesser thickness "than the face plate c'a'rr ed thereby and disposed in a plane perpendicu'iarto the hi'ngeaxis and an enlarged key at the mar- :ginal "edge of tthe'web parallel to the face plate andp'ort-ions ofthei-key and 'face plate extending beyond the web and -h aving aligned apertures for receiving .a common fastening "device-extended:therethrou-gh. v

A hinge element including-a knuckle, a 

